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Child Maltreatment Investigations Among Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Families in Canada

First Nations Child and Family Caring Society

Nico Trocmé

Centre of Excellence for Child Welfare, University of Toronto

Marlyn Bennett

First Nations Child and Family Caring Society

This comparative analysis of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal families uses a 1998 Canadian study of child maltreatment cases to identify important differences: Aboriginal families face worse socioeconomic conditions, are more often investigated because of neglect, less often reported for physical or sexual abuse, and report higher rates of substance abuse. At every decision point in the cases, Aboriginal children are over represented: investigations are more likely to be substantiated, cases are more likely to be kept open for ongoing services, and children are more likely to be placed in out-of-home care. Findings suggest the development of neglect intervention programs that include poverty reduction and substance misuse components.

Key Words: Canadian Aboriginal families • child maltreatment • child neglect intervention

Violence Against Women, Vol. 10, No. 8, 901-916 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/1077801204266312


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